Friday’s TV Highlights: Steve Carrell stars in ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’

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ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Steve Carell (‘The Office’) is ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ in this hilarious yet heartfelt 2005 comedy, at 8 p.m. on NBC. Jane Lynch also stars.
SERIES

The Duchess: This new reality series looks at the effort and expense involved in maintaining a castle as one’s primary residence as well as a tourist destination (6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30 and 9 a.m. HGTV).

Storytellers: Alt-rock’s Foo Fighters offer insights into the band’s creative process in this new installment (11 a.m. and 11 p.m. VH1).

Ghost Whisperer: Melinda and Jim (Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad) take a romantic cruise, where Melinda encounters a ghost with some anger management issues, in this repeat (8 p.m. CBS)

Smallville: Brian Austin Green (‘Beverly Hills 90210’) guest stars in this repeat episode (8 p.m. KTLA).

Supernanny: A family with a diabetic 5-year-old son seeks Jo’s help in this new episode (8 p.m. ABC).

Bill Moyers Journal: Renowned primatologist and author Dr. Jane Goodall discusses her ongoing advocacy for all of the Earth’s creatures in this new installment (9 p.m. KCET).

Ghost Adventures: The team investigates spooky business at an old firearms factory in this new episode (9 p.m. Travel).

Monk: The comedy-mystery series about an obsessive compulsive detective (Tony Shalhoub) prepares to say ‘goodbye’ with the first half of a two-part series finale (9 p.m. USA).

Numb3rs: Don (Rob Morrow) and his team have only four hours to stop hijackers who have taken a bus full of tourists hostage in this repeat (10 p.m. CBS)

White Collar: A tricky case takes Peter and Neal (Tim DeKay, Matt Bomer) deep into the heart of New York City’s Chinatown in this new episode (10 p.m. USA).

SPECIALS

Best of College Football 2009: This new special salutes the big plays and big players of the current season (10:30 a.m. CBS).

Hoover Dam Reinvented: Engineers use the latest techniques to redesign the dam in terms of how it probably would be done today in this encore special (7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Nationall Geographic)

Say Yes to the Dress: Nightmares and Dreams: This new special offers highlights -- and low-lights -- from the bridal-themed reality series (9 p.m. TLC).

MOVIES

The Ninth Gate: Johnny Depp and Frank Langella star in director Roman Polanski’s atmospheric 1999 supernatural thriller (7 p.m. IFC).

Ice Age: The Meltdown: The prehistoric pals deal with global warming in this computer-animated 2006 sequel (8 p.m. Fox).

SPORTS

College football: Rutgers at Louisville (8 a.m. ESPN2); Illinois at Cincinnati (9 a.m. ABC); Alabama at Auburn (11:30 a.m. CBS); Nebraska at Colorado (12:30 p.m. ABC); Pittsburgh at West Virginia (4 p.m. ESPN2); Nevada at Boise State (7 p.m. ESPN2).

Hockey: The Ducks welcome the Chicago Blackhawks (1 p.m. FSN2).

Basketball: The Washington Wizards meet the Miami Heat (4 p.m. ESPN), the Clippers play the Detroit Pistons (5 p.m. FSN) and the Milwaukee Bucks battle the Oklahoma City Thunder (6:30 p.m. ESPN).